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WHO Approves China’s Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine For Global Use

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, gave authorisation to China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. The WHO recommended its…

June 1, 2021

COVID Death Toll ‘Two To Three Times’ Higher Than Official Figures: WHO

From last year itself, doubts have been cast in several quarters over the official figures of COVID-19 death toll. Now,…

May 21, 2021

COVID-19 Variant Found In India In October Detected In 44 Countries, Says WHO

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that a COVID-19 variant behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak…

May 12, 2021

WHO Grants Emergency Approval To This COVID Vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved a COVID-19 vaccine developed and manufactured by China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for…

May 7, 2021

India Accounts For 46% Of World’s New COVID-19 Cases, 25% Of Deaths

New Delhi: Just how dire India’s COVID-19 situation is can be gauged from worldwide figures. Of the total COVID-19 cases…

May 5, 2021

DCGI Has Agreed, But WHO Rejects Serum Institute Proposal To Extend Covishield Shelf Life

World Health Organization (WHO) cited insufficient data in rejecting the proposal of Serum Institute of India (SII), seeking extension of…

April 8, 2021

Improved Vaccines Won’t Require Needles, Can Be Stored At Room Temperature: WHO Scientist

World Health Organisation’s (WHO) top scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Tuesday said that new improved coronavirus vaccines would not require needles…

March 17, 2021

WHO Clears Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine For Emergency Use

Geneva: Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for emergency use for…

March 13, 2021

COVID-19: WHO Advises Against ‘Unfair’ Vaccine Passports For Now

Geneva: A senior official of the World Health Organisation has said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be…

March 9, 2021

‘Australian Beef,’ Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market May Be The Source Of COVID-19: WHO Team Concludes

The 14-member team of scientists, belonging to the World Health Organisation (WHO), investigating the origin of the Coronavirus has backed…

February 11, 2021